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piping the eye

piping the eye is the present participle and gerund of pipe the eye.

Meaning of pipe the eye

Verb

pipe the eye (third-person singular simple present pipes the eye, present participle piping the eye, simple past and past participle piped the eye)

  1. (archaic, idiomatic) To weep.
    • He first began to eye his pipe, / And then to pipe his eye.a. 1845, Thomas Hood, Faithless Sally Brown

Questions about piping the eye

What is piping the eye the present participle and gerund of?
Piping the eye is the present participle and gerund of pipe the eye.

Words near piping the eye in the dictionary

  1. piping one's eye
  2. piping plover
  3. piping plovers
  4. piping shrike
  5. piping shrikes
  6. piping the eye
  7. piping the side
  8. piping times
  9. piping times of peace
  10. piping up
  11. pipingly

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